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Ending support of public folder
Just heard from dropbox that support for the public folder is ending.
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As a result, we’ll soon be ending support for the Public folder. Dropbox Pro users will be able to use the Publ...
- LGM - the issue is that people are abusing it and causing issues for everybody by getting the Dropbox domains blacklisted which cause emails to fail and downloads to be blocked by firewalls etc.
In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
Mark: "You can also create any link using the format above to get a BB-type link by changing the www. to dl-dropbox..."
You are right !
So maybe we just have to slightly modify the Dropbox finder extension to provide an extra menu entry "Public Share" which would create the share link following this syntax ?
Mark
Super User II
Super User IILGM - the issue is that people are abusing it and causing issues for everybody by getting the Dropbox domains blacklisted which cause emails to fail and downloads to be blocked by firewalls etc.
In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
In terms of changing the extension, sorry, no idea how you would do that!
- One wonders how Photobucket 'et all' get away with providing 'BB code ' options to their shared links
- MarkYou still can with Dropbox.... as has already been said.
And the issue isnt the BB links. Its the fact Public folders can host HTML pages at present. They've also been a depreciated feature now for many years. Its hardly an unexpected move- Well you can and you cant. What has been suggested is an onerous MANUAL work-around onerously amending each link by link, NOT a means of automatically obtaining a 'correct' link using Dropbox.
